Digital Commerce Summit January 2006

Overview

Digital Media Wire invites you to attend the 3rd Annual Digital Commerce Summit on January 31, 2006 in New York City. This 1-day executive forum is a "must attend" event for content owners; merchants; payments & technology companies; banks & financial services institutions; ISP’s; MSO’s; P2P vendors; and wireless & mobile companies focused on payment solutions and commerce strategies for digital content, including games, music, film, television and video products.

SPEAKERS for the 2006 conference include:

KEYNOTES

	Bernard Gershon, Senior Vice President/General Manager, ABC News Digital Media Group Gershon is responsible for developing revenue opportunities and distributing ABC News content to all digital media platforms. He oversees all business initiatives in the narrowband, broadband, wireless, cable, video-on-demand, home video and international markets. ABCNEWS.com, ABC News Productions, and ABC News Video Source report to him.

	Jeremy Allaire, Founder & President, Brightcove Allaire founded Brightcove in 2004 with a vision to transform television with the Internet. Prior to Brightcove, Jeremy worked as a technologist and entrepreneur-in-residence for General Catalyst, a Cambridge, MA-based venture capital firm. Before General Catalyst, he was CTO of Macromedia, after its merger with Allaire Corporation, also founded by Jeremy.

	David Pakman, President & CEO, eMusic / Managing Director, Dimensional Associates Pakman is a pioneer and entrepreneur in digital music. Before joining Dimensional and eMusic, he was Co-founder & President of Myplay, which he sold to Bertelsmann’s eCommerce Group in 2001. Prior, Pakman was co-creator of Apple Computer’s Music Group, co-founding the Macintosh New York Music Festival.

FEATURED SPEAKERS

	Chris Allen, Product Strategy/Marketing, Yahoo! Music Allen is responsible for driving Yahoo! Music’s global product vision and managing the strategic product and service roadmap, since the acquisition of Musicmatch by Yahoo! in October 2004. Prior to Musicmatch, Allen was co-founder and head of product marketing and strategic planning at Kablink.
	Mike Bebel, CEO, Mashboxx Bebel joined Mashboxx, the legitimate 3rd generation p2p company, in September 2005. Prior, he was a consultant and advisor to early stage companies in the online content and media space. From May 2003 until early 2004, Bebel was President and COO of Roxio’s Napster Division.

	Ted Cohen, SVP, Digital Development, EMI Music Cohen oversees worldwide digital business development for this "big five" record company. Under his guidance, EMI has led the industry with new technology initiatives such as digital downloads, online music subscriptions, custom compilations, wireless services, high-definition audio and Internet radio.
	Chris Coyle, VP, Content Acquisition, Mobile Streams Chris joined Mobile Streams in May 2005 to run the company's content acquisition programme for the North and South American regions. Chris leads the company's licensing activities for TV, film, comedy, sports, video games, gambling, children, lifestyle and adult/glamour content.
	James Van Dyke, Principal, Javelin Strategy & Research Van Dyke has been a thought leader in electronic commerce since 1984, and online finance and payments since 1995. Javelin provides market research and strategy services to increase the ROI of financial and payments technology investments.
	Greg Demetriades, CEO of Continental Vista Over the last three years, Demetriades has developed interactive broadband content, digital networks, digital network automation, interactive advertising using standard CPM models, and interactive e-commerce all within one player during live and on-demand events.

Douglas Knopper, CEO, BitPass
Doug brings more than 20 years of experience in marketing, media and technology, most recently serving as Senior Vice President and General Manager, Ad Management at DoubleClick. He was named as one of "50 Online People to Know" by Media Magazine in 2004.

Mark Donovan, VP, Products & Sr. Analyst, M:Metrics
Donovan is responsible for product development and marketing at M:Metrics. Before joining M:Metrics, Donovan worked for RealNetworks, where he helped define new business opportunities for mobile operators, handset manufacturers and content providers worldwide.

	Dave Habiger, President & CEO, Sonic Solutions Habiger joined Sonic in 1993 and has been instrumental in the company’s growth, including the integration of key acquisitions, such as the Desktop and Mobile Division of Veritas and the Roxio consumer software group. Previous positions held by Dave include COO and GM of the company’s largest division, the Desktop Products Group (now the Roxio Division).
	Joshua Freeman, Vice President, Strategy & Business Development, AOL Video Freeman is responsible for developing and implementing all aspects of AOL’s strategy for broadband video, including content and technology partnerships. Prior, Joshua was responsible for strategy and business development for the AOL for Broadband service.
	Mark Friedman, CEO, Peppercoin Prior to his appointment as President, Mark Friedman was Peppercoin's Vice President of Sales and Market Development. Previously, he was Vice President Global Marketing at Lucent's Software Products Group. In 1996 he joined Kenan Systems - a billing and customer care company acquired by Lucent.

	Brian Garrity, Senior Business Writer, Billboard Brian Garrity is Senior Business Editor for Billboard, where he writes extensively about media, technology and finance. Prior to joining Billboard in September of 1999, he spent three years as a reporter for Investment Dealers’ Digest, a Wall Street trade magazine.
	Peter Ashley, GM, New Media/Micropayments, PayPal Peter Ashley is responsible for extending the PayPal transaction platform beyond eBay, and is currently building PayPal’s New Media business, aimed at leveraging PayPal’s cost structure to provide a micropayment solution that will enable price points as low as $0.10.
	Larry Gerbrandt, SVP & Senior Analyst, Nielsen Ent. One of the most experienced media & entertainment analysts in the U.S., Gerbrandt is SVP & Senior Corporate Analyst at Nielsen Entertainment. Previously, he was with AlixPartners, LLC and before that he spent 20 years at Kagan World Media, including the last three as COO/senior analyst.

	Thomas Gewecke, SVP, Digital, Sony BMG Music Ent. Thomas oversees the development of Sony BMG's digital revenues worldwide. He is directly responsible for all relationships with digital partners and revenues generated in the U.S., as well as for coordinating the international digital business in countries in Europe and Asia.

	Michael Greeson, President, The Diffusion Group Michael oversees TDG's three research and consulting teams: Digital Home, Mobile Multimedia, and IP Video. His focus in consumer technologies includes: broadband adoption, home networks, broadband-enabled services, and the future of the convergence markets.

	Daniel Hart, VP, Online Games, MTV Networks Hart is a veteran of interactive media and online games with experience as an operational leader, market strategist, and business developer. In his current role, Dan is responsible for driving the strategic direction of online games for MTV Networks including: MTV, MTV2, MTVU, Comedy Central, Spike TV, VH1, and CMT.

	Gene Hoffman, Jr., Chairman & CEO, Vindicia, Inc. Hoffman is co-founder, Chairman, and CEO of Vindicia, Inc., a company focused on providing chargeback management and payment logic services for digital merchants. Prior, he was co-founder, President & CEO of eMusic, a leading Internet-based music subscription service, from January 1998 to June 2002.

Dave Jaworski, Founder & CEO, PassAlong Networks
Jaworski is founder and CEO of PassAlong Networks, the only company allowed by eBay to offer digital downloads from the majors and the first licensed by PayPal for micro-transactions. Early in his career, he spent 8 years at pre-public Microsoft, receiving the first Bill Gates Chairman's Award for Excellence.


	Jeffery C. Johnson, Partner, Pryor Cashman Sherman & Flynn, LLP Johnson specializes in the transactional aspects of technology and intellectual property exploitation, including: international licensing, private placements, mergers & acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, in the software, biotech, Internet, and telecommunications industries.r.

	Matt Landau, VP, Product Architecture, ATG Landau is currently in his 10th year at ATG where he is responsible for the overall architectural coherence of the company's diverse product lines to uniquely address the convergence of web-based commerce, marketing and customer care..
	Joe Laszlo, Research Dir, Wireless, Jupiter Research Laszlo joined JupiterResearch in March 1999. He has an extensive background of research experience examining the deployment of new media and Internet technologies, including issues related to content distribution and wireless and non-PC access.


	Leslie Poole, CEO, Javien Since 2001, Poole has led Javien Digital Payment Solutions in developing e-commerce solutions for digital music providers including: Ruckus Network; iMesh and TransWorld Entertainment’s “F.Y.E. Download Zone”.
	Robert Spears, VP & Online GM, Digital Media Wire Spears is co-chair of Digital Commerce Summit and oversees DMW's Digital Entertainment & Media Directory, websites, and daily email newsletter. Prior, he was a digital media consultant specializing in bus. dev. & strategy; interactive marketing; content development; advertising sales; and analytics.


	Lydia Loizides, Principal / Analyst, Paphion Loizides works with public and private media and technology organizations on corporate strategy, product planning, and business development. Prior, she was part of Ziff Brothers Investments were she lead qualitative and quantitative research and was a senior analyst at Jupiter Research.

	Jennifer MacLean, Sr Dir., Games & Ent, Comcast Jen's responsibilities as Senior Director, Games and Entertainment at Comcast include product and business development for the country's largest high-speed internet provider, focusing on interactive products and services that showcase the benefits of a broadband connection.
	Jon Potter, Exec. Director, Digital Media Association Representing America’s leading online media companies, Jonathan Potter is actively involved in the development of U.S. and global public policy associated with digital entertainment convergence. He was named one of Washington’s top technology lobbyists by Tech Counsel Magazine.
	John Puterbaugh, Ph.D., Founder & CEO, Nellymoser Puterbaugh has over 15 years experience in creating and developing interactive multimedia solutions for IP networks, mobile phones and other consumer products. Before Nellymoser he was CTO of Voxonic, which provides voice technology solutions for the film and entertainment industry.

Ralph Rivera, Vice President & GM, AOL Games
As Vice President and General Manager of AOL Games, Ralph Rivera is responsible for all programming and business strategy for AOL Games, which provides content, services, and marketing for Web, PC, and console games for AOL members and game fans on the Web.

	Rich Roberts, VP, Sales & Business Dev., PlayFirst Rich oversees the overall sales and distribution strategy for PlayFirst games. Prior to joining PlayFirst, Rich was Vice President of Digital Distribution at Atari, where he was an industry leader in the digital distribution of Atari and Hasbro games.
	Steve Salyer, President, IGE Steve Salyer joined IGE as president in 2004 with more than 25 years of corporate management experience at technology-driven entertainment companies. Prior to IGE, Steve served as president of business development at Ubi Soft Entertainment, where he managed the acquisition of RedStorm Entertainment and the entertainment division of The Learning Company.

	Ned Sherman, CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire Before founding Digital Media Wire, Ned was an entertainment attorney at Loeb & Loeb LLP, where he handled complex licensing transactions and financings for media and entertainment clients including Universal Studios and MGM and launched dozens of Internet and new media start-ups.
	Jerry Spiegel, Partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz Spiegel is head of the firm’s Technology, eCommerce & Privacy Practice Group. He has advised clients involved with computer-based media and on-line services (including Minitel and interactive television) since 1985. He also represents media, technology and innovative companies.
	Lance Ulanoff, Editor of Reviews, PC Magazine Ulanoff is Editor of Reviews for PC Magazine. Prior to that, he was Executive Editor for all Enthusiast Web sites at Ziff Davis Media and was Editor of PCMag.com where he oversaw all strategic, editorial, and production activities related to the magazine's website, including a weekly technology column.


	Rex Wong, CEO, DAVE.TV Wong joined DAVE.TV, the global IPTV digital entertainment distribution network, in December 2005. Prior, Wong was responsible for co-founding several technology companies including Applied Semantics, the developer of AdSense which was acquired by Google in 2003..

more speakers to come...

Topics to be covered will include:

Monetizing Digital Content:
Commerce Strategies for Content Owners and Merchants
-The Music Industry Perspective
-The Game Industry Perspective
-The Film and Television Industry Perspective
The Payment Industry’s View of Digital Commerce Opportunities
The Explosion of Mobile Commerce
Marketing Strategies, including Search Engine Marketing & Optimization
Developments in Digital Rights Management
Are there Big Bucks in Micropayments? Assessing Opportunities involving Small Payment Transactions
Commercial Development of Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Networks

Attendees will include Executive Decision-Makers representing:

Digital Content Owners from Music, Games, Film and Television Industries
Wireless & Mobile Companies
E-Commerce Merchants
Payment & Technology Companies
Banks & Financial Services Institutions
ISP’s & MSO’s
Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Services

Don't miss the opportunity to participate in this year's event. Please contact us for sponsor packages, to submit speakers and to reserve an exhibit table at the 2006 event.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Robert Spears, Event Co-Chair
VP, Publishing & Online GM, Digital Media Wire
Email: robert@digitalmediawire.com

Ned Sherman, Event Co-Chair
CEO & Publisher, Digital Media Wire
Email: ned @digitalmediawire.com

Tinzar Than
VP, Marketing & Events, Digital Media Wire
Email: tinzar@digitalmediawire.com

Tel: 310-855-0033